The five dysfunctions of a team (book)

Just finished reading The five dysfunctions of a team by Patrick Lencioni.

At first I was worried that the fable of Kathryn, a new CEO working to get the leadership team of a fictional start-up, was going to take the entire 280 pages of the book. The fable was good to set the talking points and did not get in the way of the message, easing my worries.

At the fable concluded, the book had already explained a lot of how the framework, or method, for identifying and correcting these five dysfunctions. Even better as then the book went into a more in-depth, more formal explanation around how to identify, what’s the impact of letting the dysfunction take place, and suggestions for mitigating them.

Solid read, and with enough real-world use that I started thinking of situations where I’ve found myself part of said team, be it formal or ad-hoc (e.g. project work). Certainly a book I’ll keep referring back from time to time.